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FRUIT SQUEEZER. l* v No.. 253,353. Patented Feb."`,1882.

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WILLIAM B. DEAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FRUIT-SQUEEZER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 253,353, dated February '7, 1882.

Application iled May l0, 1881. (Model.)

To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WM. B. DEAN, of' the city of New York, county and State of New York, llave invented a new and Improved Lemon-Squeezer, of which the following is a full and clear description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a lemon-sqneezer; and it'consists in the combination of parts hereinafter particularly described, and more at length recited in the claims.

Figure l isaside elevation of my improved lemon-squeezer, partly in section 5 and Figs. 2 and 3, modied forms of the same.

In all these illustrations like parts are represented by similar letters of reference.

The construction of my invention as represented by Fig. 1 consists of the holdin g-frame A, the juice-cup B, the bottom juice-extractin g die or strainer, G, and the top juice-extractin g die, D, connected with the lever or handle E. Each of these parts involves principles which I consider new and useful.

The holding-frame A consists of the ring F, in which rests the juice-cup B.

The handle G is constructed with its bottom part broad and rounded to form an easy grasp vfor the hand, and reaches back andis connected jecting upward from the bottom of the cup,

serves as a rest for the bottom juice-extracting die, the depression J in the ring permitting the juice to pass out into the cup.

It is evident thatby constructing the frame as above specified in regard to the standards or feet attached to .the handle the lemonbear, in which the weight of the bodyis made to assist iu squeezing. I am aware that this feature alone is not new; but the attaching of legs to ahandle,tl1us formingaproper rest, and lelevating the handle to admit the lingers underneath, thus enabling the operator, while in the act of pressing downward, to grasp the lower handle and combine both pressure and compression, I consider new. To combine these two powers in a lemon-squeezer is one of the objects sought. I have therefore been explicit in my explanation of this featureof my invention.

At the point K is pivoted the handle E. s

Theljuice-cup B, which I make preferably of glass in an iron mold, is provided with two shoulders, one outside and one inside, the one outside, L, being to rest on the ring F, the one inside, M, being to form a rest for the bottom die, C.

N is a lip to facilitate turning the juice from is about three-quarters of an inch in height, p

with slanted or perpendicular sides, a shoulder, O, being formed on the bottom to rest on the juice-cup. 'Ihe top is at,with,the outer edge elevated about one-eighth of an inch, this elevation being tapered to a thin edge at the top toform theannularcutting-edgel?. 'Ihebottom ot' the die is provided with holes c ut in the edge to allow the juice to escape from the cup.

The top die, D, has a iiat corrugated surface, the corrugation's Q serving to prevent the lemon from slipping backward while in the act of squeezing. This die may be apiece of wood fastened to the lever with screws, as shownin Figs. l and 2, or it may be cast withV the handle, as shown in Fig. 3.

The superiority which the construction of the lower die has over any other in use consists- First. In avoiding the resisting force of the rind, thereby requiring less power to squeeze the-lemon. The lemon, being cut in halves, is

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upward into the top ofthe rind, receiving the entire force of the pressurea principle which I consider new and valuable. The pulp and juice are unable to escape on account of the annular projection, except that the juice escapes through perforations in the dieinto the cup below, and in being turned from the cup is re-strained.

Second. It produces purejuice-thatis, free from rind oil, this being evident from the fact that no pressure bears upon thecut edge of the lemon, and the principle of its working is such that it seldom, if' ever, breaks the rind elsewhere.

The semicircular corrugated depression R may be used as a cork-press. The bottom die, C, may be cast with the handle, as illustrated by Fig. 3. Also, the bottom die may be made removable, irrespective of the cup, by making the ring F of proper size and shaping the bottom part of the die to set within and on the ring, somewhatafter the manner shown in Fig. 2; or the traine, as represented in Fig. l, may be made with the ring small enough to accommodate the die and be elevated on the standards H and I suciently to admit a vessel being passed underneath the bottom die to catch the jnice,wl1ich would be a convenient forni of construction and one which I may sometimes adopt.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Inalemon-squeezer, the combination,with the upper handle, E, of the lower handle, G, running parallel therewith and having legs or standards H H, secured at its extreme end,

whereby in squeezing a lemon the power of compression by the hand may be combined with pressure exerted upon the upper handle, substantially as shown and described.

2. A lemon or fruit squeezer constructed substantially as herein shown and described, consisting in the combination ofthe legs I H with the lower handle, G, provided with a frame, A, the juice-cup B, the removable die G, and the hinged handle E, provided with a stationary die, D, as set forth.

3. In aleinon-squeezer, the combination,with the frame A, having ring or shoulderl F, of a juice-cup, B, forming part of the squeezer and supporting a perforated die, substantiallyT as herein shown and described,whereby thejuice will be caught as it is expressed from the lemon and re-strained through the die by inverting the squeezer, as set forth.

4. In a lcinon-squeezer, the removable bottom die, C. constructed with a projecting cutting-edge, I), around ils top, substantially as herein shown and described,\vhereby the pulp is collected above the die, as set forth.

5. lnalemon-squeezer,tliecombination,with

the frame A, having ring F, ol'1 thcjuice-cup B, I

having shoulders L M, and the separate die C, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the said cup and die are connected With and supported by the said frame, as setforth.

WM. B. DEAN. Vitnesses:

WM. J. DARNs'rARD'r, (Juris. F. HA'ri-IAWAY. 

